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E. 0. BAXTER Corn-Planter.

No. 23213. PatentedMazc. 8. 1859.

NJETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, nnsnmulum D c.

' times STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. o. BAXTER, orroannsron, iLLINois. ASSIGNOR "ro HIMSELF AND 1 H. RILEY AND w. 'r. SWEET, or SAME PLACE.

imeaovsiuenr. m 's EED-INGHM'ACHINES,

['0 all w/wm z t may concern:

"Be it known that; I, E. O. BAXTER,-Of Forreston, in the county of Ogle and Stateof I1li nois, have invented anew and useful Improventent in SeedingMachines; and I. do hereby declare that the following is afull,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, inaking a part of this specification, in which- Figured is a plan or top viewot' a seedingmachine with my improvement applied to it; 2, a vertical section of thesame, taken in the line w a", Fig. 1; Fig. 3, 21 section ofthe fsame, taken in the line 9 ,l ig.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre. sponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to an improvement in'that class of seeding-machines in which the seed-slides are operated by cams from one of the wheels on which the machineis m'ountedj The object oi'theinvention is toipreveiit by avery simple means the operation of the seed slides as the machine is backed? The invention also has for its object the arrangement of seed-slide levers in suelra manner that they may be placed under the complete control of the driver, and any irregu- .-larities as regards the dropping of the seed, which might ensue on a'e'eount ofthe inequalh ties of the ground, prevented. To enable those skilledin the art to fully mderstand'and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a frameywhichmay be constructed in any proper manner to support the necessary parts of the machine. d

B is the draft pole, and- C C arethe wheels on which the frame -A ismounted.

On the frame A two seed-boxes,.]) D, are placed, one near each end, and in said frame two levers, E E, are placed, andsecured by the fiilcrum-pins a a. The inner ends of the levers 1*] E, are fitted together by a tenon and mortise'and a pin, 1), which-is fitted in the tenon,- and has its ends passing through oblong slots 0 in the sides of the lever in which the mortise is made; (See Figs. 1 and 2.) The outer parts of the levers E E extend underneaththeL seed-boxes D D, and each lever has an oblong "mortise, d, madethrough. it to receive'a. pin. e, said pins projecting down from s1ides'f,that 1 are placedbetween the two bottoms g 21" ofthe seed-boxes I) D, oblong slots or openings 7: be-

ing made in the lower bottom, 9, to'allow the pinse e to pass through and work back and through it, anda hole, j, is made through each of the upper bottoms, 1 of the seed-boxes, and a tube, Jr, is attached to the lower bottom, of each se ed-box,' said tubes extendingdown nearly. to the ground. )ire(.'tl in front of two coveringshares, m m, are placed directly behind each tube 7L1 These shares may be arranged in the usual way, and fllQl'Qtbl'QjlO not requirea minute description.

flbthc outer end of the lever E a jointed pendant,- F, is attached, said pendant bending backward-that is to say,-,. toward the back part of the frame A=and remaining rigid in the opposite direction. This will be clearly understood by referring to Fig. 3. To the inner side of thewheel C'pne or moreproiee tions or lca ns n, are attached, and totheback are attached each frame being provided with a roller, H, whiclrrollers are in line with the tubes 7; and shares -l m 912. A spring, a bears against each lever E E, 'sai d springshavin g a tendency to keep the outer ends'of the levers forced back and the holes '1'- in the slides out In eaehseed-box D D a cut-off plate, 0, placed. T'lhese plates work onpivots p, and may be shoved over the holes j when desired, .to prevent the distribution of seed. In the frame A, and at a point inline with the inner ends of the. levers E E, the drivers seat I is placed.

p The operation is asfollows: The seed-boxes .D D are supplied with a requisite quantity of seed, and as the machine is drawn along the. seed isfdistribdted from the boxes 1) l) by the slides f, which are actuated through the medium of the levers 1* E, pendant 1*, and the cam or cams a on thewheel C, both slides being ctuated by one pendant and the cam or cams on one wheel only, in consequence of. the levers'E E being connected at their inner ends, as shown and described, the slides f dis tributi'ng the seed as they are moved forward, when'theholesiregister with the tribes 7:. The

forth. 1 Each slidef. has an opening, 1, made each tube It: a furrowshare, his placed, and

part of the frame Atwo swinging frames, G (1,

of registerwith theholes j in. the upper botite or cams 11-, it Willjbe seen, can actuate the a J I 23.212

E E, modify their action or movement, so as to insure the'desired result. This is an essen-' tial feature of the invention, .for in rough ground it is extremely difficult to lant seed in check-rows, the undulations of the ground causing a great variation. By my invention this difficulty is avoided, for the driver can so manipulate the levers as to drop the seed a at any point irrespective of the cam n. I am aware that seed-slides have been arranged to distribute seed in various ways, and I therefore do not claim such device. N or do I claim, broadly, operating the slides by levers irrespective of the arrangement of the same, as herein shown and described; but,

Having thus described my invention,-w.hat

I claim as new, and desire tosecure by-Let .ters Patent, is

w 1. The cam n, one or more, attachedto wheel 0, in combination with the jointed pendant F,

attached to the lever E, substantially as and I for the purpose set fort 2. The leversE E,Ioon11ected together an arranged-relatively with each other and. the drivers seat I, substantially as and-for thepurpose specified. r

I E. 0.: BAXTER W'Vitnesses: v

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